add-ons wish list

[merlin2]

I expect that this sort of thing has been discussed before, but anyway, share your ideas; and let us know if any of the items are available: some may not be possible!

smoke screen
sand storm
ice bergs
floating (adrift) mines
churchill tank
flotsam and jetsam from a sunk ship
liferafts, etc.
broken (bomb damged look) trees (esp for WWI)
cassino abbey destroyable--ideally destroyable in several sections
german motorcycle (with side car)
bulldozer (for building runways)
jeep
train tunnel
train mounted howitzer

well, there's a start!
merlin2

[Fibber]

Some of these have been done in some form.
Nibbio=flotsam and jetsam from a sunk ship
liferafts, etc.
TheB24guy&Psullykeys = damaged infrastructure broken (bomb damged look)

I believe that I saw a post that these were being worked on but that there was other construction equipment done already. Don't know about bulldozer (for building runways)

jeep?
Axis vehicles were done by Wolfi, and remember a jeep done somewhere on another site ( maybe even another sim)

smoke screen= I think Nanni had something of that sort concerning vehicles and dust trails. Jaxon might even be able to help you there.

[p14u2nv]

Actually I would just be happy to know how to fix those warbled wheels on the main gear of the 1% F6F...been like that for years!

[oldwheat]

I believe that there is a churchill tank or two available.. Add to the list: smoke marker rockets that actually function..

[p14u2nv]

Actually a hundred survivors in the water covered in oil...a few flares going off after a direct hit or two with a ships warning alert sounding when under attack...

[Fibber]

Found where I saw the Motorcycle with sidecar. It is over at Janes ww2 fighters. Knew I saw it somewhere

[bobhegf]

The skin is the problem with the 1% AC. it needs a good repaint. Don`t use the 1% skin and paint over it use another skin such as the orginal.:typing:

[Skipsan]

Would like too see "service craft" floating about and servicing the ships at Anchorage. Both as scenery objects and AI's.

On-board "utility craft" to be used as above :friday:

Usio-san's "Auxiliary Cruiser Thor" converted to a "civilian Cargo Ship" with interchangeable flags :japan::germany::netherlands::spain::portugal::uni tedstates::england::australia::newzealand:

Skipsan:kilroy:

[bobhegf]

We have them. The only thing we don`t have are Captans gigs and motor whale boats.

[Shadow Wolf 07]

I'd vote for an Usio Enterprise (Yorktown class) and Essex class and a Tidori class torpedo boat

[B17Sam]

bulldozer (for building runways)
jeep
merlin2

Here's are pics of the gmax jeep I have made for FS9. Am working on conversion for CFS2. I would welcome help on this.

Thanks to Simon for the use of the gmax driver.

Plan to make Gmax models of Seabees equipment next. Please share any links to research pages for Seabees equipment.

Al

[Rami]

How about French and British AA guns and vehicles?

[merlin2]

Will the jeep be driveable?
I hope so.

[B17Sam]

Yes. Hope to upload a scenery version of it as well.

[gedm]

Holy smokes B17Sam, those figures look awesome! Any chance for a Brit version?

Aslo inline with the thread, since Wolfi released his superlative Ki-44 all my wish list includes is a new Ki-48 Lily. :whistle:

Cheers

G

[B17Sam]

Holy smokes B17Sam, those figures look awesome!


Actually, I didn't do the figures. The jeep driver came to me via Simonu. The ship figures are a part of the ship model.

[miamieagle]

What about more AAA for all the WW2 combatan. For the British and French plus Russians and yes even for the USA and Japanese also. There is a shortage of diversity of AAA for this Sim in my opinion.

Thank you!

[Collin]

Would like too see "service craft" floating about and servicing the ships at Anchorage. Both as scenery objects and AI's.

On-board "utility craft" to be used as above :friday:
Skipsan:kilroy:


We have them. The only thing we don`t have are Captans gigs and motor whale boats.

Tried it a couple of years ago, no one was interested. Moored the hospital ship Repose and had a landing stage as well.

regards Collin:ernae:

[Skipsan]

Sign me up:woot::woot: Where she's at:wiggle: I have not seen this before and Yes that is what I was talking about above:amen:

Tank you Collin:applause::applause::applause:

Skipsan:kilroy:

[Collin]

Skipsan, I'll see if I still have it, if I remember right you could still land on it and the landing lights worked. We couldn't treat it as a .bgl(?), so the speed in the .dp has to be zero and she is registered as a carrier.

We (Fox4), even had a HMS Ocean with a chopper plane guard off the port quarter, but the fps was to heavy. All the Colossus models have a crash barrier built in just waiting for some bright spark to figure out the coding required to activate them from the pilots point of view.:help:

regards Collin:ernae:

[bobhegf]

Thoes boats would make nice Capt Gigs.You could take the top off one and make a nice motor whale boat.At the start of the war the motor whale boat was used as a landing craft for Marines.I have the ship and use it all the time.:typing:

[Collin]

The trouble with any open boat on a cfs2 sea is that the water shows up inside the vessel at the waterline. Its why a launch is more preferable with its enclosed structure.

regards Collin:ernae:

[merlin2]

You could fake the open boat with a false bottom that is above sea level, I expect.

[Collin]

You could fake the open boat with a false bottom that is above sea level, I expect.


Yep, but the bigger the boat the harder it is to fake, specially if you are in a chopper.

Repose50m sent to Tango Romeo for uploading onto Shipyard site.

regards Collin:ernae:

[Ravenna]

I believe that there is a churchill tank or two available.. Add to the list: smoke marker rockets that actually function..

Where can I find a Churchill tank?
As for the wishlist, I would dearly love some French tanks for France 1940 and The Levant 1941. A Char bis and a Renault R-35 would be greatly appreciated (especially the Renault!).
:wavey:

[Ravenna]

Tried it a couple of years ago, no one was interested. Moored the hospital ship Repose and had a landing stage as well.

regards Collin:ernae:
That looks great. I don't know how it slipped past me but I'm sure that it would be appreciated.
Collin, any chance that we might see HMS Vanguard on CFS2 seas?
:ernae:

[oldwheat]

Where can I find a Churchill tank?
As for the wishlist, I would dearly love some French tanks for France 1940 and The Levant 1941. A Char bis and a Renault R-35 would be greatly appreciated (especially the Renault!).
:wavey:
Looks like I was mistaken.. There is one for CFS3 but apparently not CFS2..

[hewman100]

British AA is catered for. Pens 40mm Bofors and Bismarcks 3.7" (fixed) cover the most commonly used types. A mobile 3.7" would be nice though.

What were you gents thinking of in that line?

I'm still fighting with the textures for my RAF vehicles at present:faint:

[Skipsan]

Thank you Collin:engel016: I shall await it's appearance with great anticipation:wiggle:

Skipsan:kilroy:

[Eoraptor1]

I'd LOVE a rail gun, or a moving train w/AA car. I'd also like specular water effects, but even if this were possibe, I'm already at my video card's upper limit for eye candy.

JAMES

[Tango_Romeo]

Repose50m sent to Tango Romeo for uploading onto Shipyard site. regards Collin:ernae:

..., the moored/at anchor version of the Repose can now be downloaded at:

http://www.simviation.com/lair/files/shipyard1/USS_Repose50M.zip

:monkies:

NOTE: This version of the ship must be used as a mission object, i.e. infrastructure/ship. (Even though her speeds are zeroed in the DP, if you put her in a mission as a normal ship, you cannot keep her still. MB requires that every ship have two WPs and if you give her those she will move.)

[Skipsan]

Thank you Collin via TR, thank you one and all:ernae::ernae::ernae:
Skipsan:kilroy:

[Collin]

Hold on guys, I think the .mdl file has messed up again. I'm now getting her with the bow 50' in the air and the stern awash, anybody else getting the same?

regards Collin:ernae:

[Tango_Romeo]

...for me. No problems at all. :kilroy:

I'll download the file from the Shipyard and try it out....in case something happened to affect it during the upload/download. :isadizzy:

[Tango_Romeo]

Hold on guys, I think the .mdl file has messed up again. I'm now getting her with the bow 50' in the air and the stern awash, anybody else getting the same?

regards Collin:ernae:

....on my end. I deleted the ReposeM that I was using and downloaded from the Shipyard again for a reinstall. My test mission still works slick as goose sh......err...grease. :male:

See what Skipsan is getting.......after all he started all of this. :bump:

[Skipsan]

Sorry:bump::bump::bump::sheep:

Skipsan:kilroy:

[Fibber]

It's SINKINNNNNNNNNNG!:icon_lol:

[Ravenna]

Merlin2, Add to that list (somewhere near the top) airfield vehicles for the RAF and Luftwaffe. Some good refueling trucks, an Austin Ambulance and a Crash tender would be very useful for the MB!

[smg13]

The add on I would like to see is a little pilot in a raft to use on rescue missions. And a ruber boat full of Marine Raiders too... and a way to have Catalina AIs land on water... and a way to get the MB to make an event where you can un-spawn an item... then you can build a proper rescue or pick up mission.

[Ravenna]

smg13,
There is a pilot in a rubber boat. I'm not sure where it comes from.

[bobhegf]

I would like to have the AI land and park on a carrier and then be able to respot for another mission.I would like to see the AI taxie from a parking spot to the active and takeoff.

[Collin]

smg13,
There is a pilot in a rubber boat. I'm not sure where it comes from.

There was one in a Fox4 campaign, you had to fly escort to the chopper pick up. Could that be the one?

regards Collin:ernae:

[bobhegf]

I think I know which one you were talking about, it was called RAF Down pilot.I can`t remember where I got it from when I had it.

[Discus]

I would like to see german light AA artillery mounted on towers for use in airbases. That was common in 1943/44, and it would make them more visible.

Also Paris scenery.

And specially to be able to shoot back as a gunner when you are flying in a bomber. If not you are a sitting duck unless you are surrounded by a very compact flight of B17 or B24.

And some missions against V1 launching sites. I remeber there was one mission with it´s scenery but I have lost it.

With the life raft a Channel rescue mission could be done using a flying boat, both german like the Do18 or Sea Otter

Cheers, Discus

[Discus]

I´d also add to my wish list parachutists as a load for the C47 and Ju52.

With that, and the using newer computers, missions could be made for Holland, Crete, D-Day and Operation Market Garden.

Discus

[smg13]

Also... a DP with a bomb load of chaff and a FX of a cloud of chaff that floats in the air and slowly goes down over a looooong time... that way we can make missions with AI bombers dropping "window", chaff windows to cover bombers agaisnt radar.


In the MB you can then make an event that if you fly , or AI planes fly away such-and-such distance from the chaff, then enemy CAPs spawn to represent radar picking up an intercetp vector for the bombers.

[smg13]

uhmmm... it will be small indeed. How baout a life raft that when you get close shoots a flare or puts colored die into the water... that way you can then see it

[Collin]

....life raft. I still have the original source file that you sent. She's 30' long as we discovered that it is virtually impossible to see a scale raft in CFS2. :engel016:

Dirtman knicked it...he now has a virtual 'bouncy castle' in his backyard.:icon_lol::icon_lol:

regards Collin:ernae:

[smg13]

How about a submarine that can actually submerge...

[oldwheat]

How about a submarine that can actually submerge...

The one by Usio is about as close as you are going to get: It uses distance (LOD) models to create the illusion of a diving sub.

http://www.geocities.jp/usio_no_ibuki/ship_model3/A-Target_A.zip

[hewman100]

There is a parachutist somewhere. I think T_R used them with his C-119? They were adapted for use with the stock C-47 IIRC, and an airdrop cargo created as well?

I may have just dreamt it all though, and wake up in the shower.:monkies:

[p14u2nv]

The skin is the problem with the 1% AC. it needs a good repaint. Don`t use the 1% skin and paint over it use another skin such as the orginal.:typing:

Thanks Bob I appreciate that tip about the new skin!

[Tango_Romeo]

Hold on guys, I think the .mdl file has messed up again. I'm now getting her with the bow 50' in the air and the stern awash, anybody else getting the same?

regards Collin:ernae:

...of the fact that I could not duplicate this problem, I have replaced the download at CG's Shipyard with a file that Collin says works for him. :engel016:

[Tango_Romeo]

There is a parachutist somewhere. I think T_R used them with his C-119? They were adapted for use with the stock C-47 IIRC, and an airdrop cargo created as well?

I may have just dreamt it all though, and wake up in the shower.:monkies:

...actually two parachutists...one is an FX file that creates a complete stick of parachutists every time you hit the Lights key. The other is a payload paratrooper.

The FX file is by far the most useful. The paratroop payload has limited use as the aircraft has to be large enough to accomodate the 'ice cream cones'.

Both are (I believe) posted here at SOH.....one is included with the CFS2 C-119 download. :ernae:

[Discus]

...actually two parachutists...one is an FX file that creates a complete stick of parachutists every time you hit the Lights key. The other is a payload paratrooper.

The FX file is by far the most useful. The paratroop payload has limited use as the aircraft has to be large enough to accomodate the 'ice cream cones'.

Both are (I believe) posted here at SOH.....one is included with the CFS2 C-119 download. :ernae:
TR:

With the SOH´s server fried I couldn´t find or retreive the C-119 paratroopers. Instead I´ve searched the SOH threads and found three fx files that work as paratroop payloads:

1st and 2nd: 82abd-fx.zip and 82ab-fx.zip. Made for FS2002 by Heather Sherman modifying Pierino Primavesi´s fx paratroop files for his JU-52.

3rd: para.zip, fx paratroop file for FS2004, made by Gianni Vakirtzi.

I still have to test them in CFS2. They are in Flightsim.com library.

Another posibility will be to try Pierino Primavesi´s for FS2002 in JU-52 or it´s paratroopers wich are a little bit more complex. And as ther is a JU-52 dedicated to CFS2 that come´s without paratroopers I don´t think this will be possible.

Once I´ve put them to work I will try making some missions with paratroopers and gliders for Crete, D-Day, Korea or something like that. They won´t be for quick combat lovers but I think that for every triggerfull hour flown by fighters there were many more hours flown by cargo, recon, bomber and other types of planes. Most of them uneventfull :sleep: and others toppled with action :icon_eek:. I´m looking for the second type. Or the one´s flown by fighters but with other things in mind like finding a harbour full of german flying boats like BV138 trying to escape to Norway in the final days of the war. This comes from my recollection of The Flying Circus written by Pierre Closterman. Let´s hope the FR down get negative!!:rolleyes:

Sorry for my faulting english. :redface:

Discus :ernae:

[Discus]

[QUOTE=Discus;172860]TR:

This comes from my recollection of The Flying Circus written by Pierre Closterman. Let´s hope the FR down get negative!!:rolleyes:

Error: It´s "The Big Show" ("Le Grand Cirque" in french).

[Tango_Romeo]

....I would post the Effect here, but I cannot upload attachments right now.
Perhaps that will change soon.

And it should not be too long before the downloads section for CFS2 is completely restored. :engel016:

[Hooraw]

I would like to find a "howitzer type 4", as I am running through the defend Henderson scenerio, but due to this complicated website, I have this ongoing battle of finding specific missing articles. I presume it is Japanese, as they are shooting at me. Anybody?

[Jagdflieger]

Hooraw,

Give us a few more detail on the mission/campaign. Is it the stock campaign or an add on. If it's an addon, give us the title and author and where you got it from or it's complete name. With these details I'm sure we can find it or fix it.

Howitzers and other field guns don't shoot in CFS 2, but they could be listed as a missing scenery object. Is that the nature of your error window?

[miamieagle]

We also need more variety of AAA guns representing all the Nations that participated in WWI and WW2. I really dislike to use USA Guns to represent British AAA Guns or Japanese Guns for Chinese AAA guns.

Thank you!:applause:

[Ghostrider]

Two thoughts:
1: A ground texture, BGL, whatever it is, to depict a blasted, smoking battleground. Peleliu, or Tarawa for example, all nice and green and pretty, just doesn't look right.
2: A 'dust' effect of blowing sand, coral dust, dirt, etc. when taking off.

[bobhegf]

I would like to have that myself.

[Jagdflieger]

The dust effects can be had with the Greenghost gauge.

[sc7500]

... using the fx_dustcloud_m.fx at the wheel contact points ? Or would that be in constant view ?

[I'm not sure if the contact points are a "fixed" location regardless of location (ground or sky).....]

SC
:kilroy:

[tonybones2112]

Actually a hundred survivors in the water covered in oil...a few flares going off after a direct hit or two with a ships warning alert sounding when under attack...

That would be cool, I'd be too tempted to strafe them.

Bloody Bones

[Ghostrider]

The dust effects can be had with the Greenghost gauge.

Should've known, just ask Jag!

[tonybones2112]

I expect that this sort of thing has been discussed before, but anyway, share your ideas; and let us know if any of the items are available: some may not be possible!

smoke screen
sand storm
ice bergs
floating (adrift) mines
churchill tank
flotsam and jetsam from a sunk ship
liferafts, etc.
broken (bomb damged look) trees (esp for WWI)
cassino abbey destroyable--ideally destroyable in several sections
german motorcycle (with side car)
bulldozer (for building runways)
jeep
train tunnel
train mounted howitzer

well, there's a start!
merlin2

I'm not out of flying QC and Training missions yet, I'd just like to see a few more aircraft:

1. Beech Staggerwing
2. N1K2 George done in black with upward firing cannon
3. J2M Raiden with the same.
4. George and Raiden with bathtub 20mm cannon
5. Nightfighter textures for the Ki-61 Tony, Oscar, and Tojo(I am searching for my Jap aircraft painting books)
6. An updated He-219 A5/A7. The A5 is okay, I like the Schrage Musik of the A7.
7. German "Watering Cans" 7.9mm gunpods for underwing of Stuka, FW-190, Henschel 123, etc. Each pod had 3 guns aimed slighlty downward for infantry strafing(Squadron Publications has the info in their book on FW-190 or Stuka, I'll have to look them up)
8. Schrage Musik guns for Ki-45 Nick

Akemi's aircraft would be great for conversion, in a pinch the stock Raiden and George could be modified with no problem. I like Akemi's quality.

Banzai!

Bonesimoto

[trasno]

More planes:

Fieseler Fi 167
Mitsubishi C5M2
Yokosuka B4Y

TRasno

[Jagdflieger]

Tonybones,

1. Seems like Crashwoody of Simtech made their Beech Stagerwing freeware. Can anyone confirm that?

2. Oldwheat uploaded Schraege Musik barrels just last month or so. All you need to do is add them to your plane through the DP file and you can have your George and Raiden with upward firing weapons.

You can get them here:

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/index.php?lloc=downloads&loc=downloads&page=info&FileID=15041

[tonybones2112]

Tonybones,

Oldwheat uploaded Schraege Musik barrels just last month or so. All you need to do is add them to your plane through the DP file and you can have your George and Raided with upward firing weapons.

You can get them here:

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/index.php?lloc=downloads&loc=downloads&page=info&FileID=15041


I don;t know how to edit a .dp file Jagd. God help us when I learn...

Bones

[bobhegf]

I would like to see the dust effect comming from the AI as well as the player AC.

[tonybones2112]

Tonybones,

1. Seems like Crashwoody of Simtech made their Beech Stagerwing freeware. Can anyone confirm that?

2. Oldwheat uploaded Schraege Musik barrels just last month or so. All you need to do is add them to your plane through the DP file and you can have your George and Raiden with upward firing weapons.

You can get them here:

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/index.php?lloc=downloads&loc=downloads&page=info&FileID=15041


Jagd, I missed the part about the Beech, sorry. Does Crashwoody have a site? I got the barrels, just don;t know how to edit the files.

Bones

[Jagdflieger]

Tony,

1. I don't have access to CFS 2 for the foreseeable future so I can only make suggestions, but if you look at a DP file from a plane with Schraege Musik that would help guide you.

2. DPED V1.20 or V1.21 Will get the job done for you. You can probably get the program at: flightsim.com or avsim.com

3. I also think that one of our DP experts will see this and probably give you a hand.

[tonybones2112]

Tony,

1. I don't have access to CFS 2 for the foreseeable future so I can only make suggestions, but if you look at a DP file from a plane with Schraege Musik that would help guide you.

2. DPED V1.20 or V1.21 Will get the job done for you. You can probably get the program at: flightsim.com or avsim.com

3. I also think that one of our DP experts will see this and probably give you a hand.

CFS2 is over on Amazon for next to nothing. I may grab CFS1 here after the holidays.

Thanks, and I'll make note of the file and perhaps one of the others will contact me. Like I said, I like Akemi's Japanese AC, I may practice on the stock planes.

Bones

[JapLance]

[...]
4. George and Raiden with bathtub 20mm cannon


If by bathtub cannons you mean that

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z92/JapLance/CFS2/George.jpg

There is a nice range of N1K1 Shidens (among other) in this site:

http://yashico.cool.ne.jp/

You will have to mail the author for the passwords, but it's definitely worth it.

[tonybones2112]

If by bathtub cannons you mean that

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z92/JapLance/CFS2/George.jpg

There is a nice range of N1K1 Shidens (among other) in this site:

http://yashico.cool.ne.jp/

You will have to mail the author for the passwords, but it's definitely worth it.


That is one of the AC I wanted JL, thank you. This is the N1K1-J Shiden with two 20mm Type 99 Model 2 cannon in the wings and two of the same in "godolas" beneath the wings, as we Yanks call them, bathtubs. There were also two 7.7 mm machine guns in the fuselage/nose, deleted on later models and on the Shiden KAI.

The Raiden I am looking for is the J2M3A-Model 21A. there were 21 of these manufactured with the identical cannon in the gondolas. The normal J2M3 Raiden had a pair of the faster firing Type 99 Model 2 Cannon and the shorter, slower firing Type 99 Model 1 in the wings, these are found on the A6M2 and A6m3 Zeros.

I'll send for the passwords, thanks!

Bonesimoto

[hewman100]

We're covered for the main British types maimi. The updated 40mm Bofors and Bismarck did a very nice static mount 3.7" AA.

[CrisGer]

I have not been able to find a downlloadable jeep, there was one made on a site with a bunch of other vehicles, but the jeep link did not work and he never restored it.... or a couple of other of the vehicles that were on that site. Jeeps were so ubiquitous in WWII it would be nice to have em. Not sure if there is a good standard Deuce and ahalf either. They were legion as well.

[Devildog73]

I would like some bombs similar to the AF_Arty, that would burn like incendiary bombs of WW II. I am kind of tired of seeing puffs of dust on the ground from 15-20 thousand feet instead of big black billowing smoke from a real bomber mission. I am using AF_Arty as my bomb strikes and like the visuals much better than any bomber weapons I have seen thus far.

[Hooraw]

I can't find the "howitzer type 4" by searching for text in campaigns or missions, so...The sequence popped up as an error, in the mis/camp of defending Henderson (Guadacanal) then replaced it with a bridge (Shooting at me) parallel to the shore, it may have something to do with my mixed-up scenery sequences that now has the beach lines confused with land and water - yeah guns in the water, ships running onto land etc., Since Micro$oft abandoned flight sims in general, I do not have the brains to decompile their mess and rewrite it, 100 plane limitation, and my scenery mesh mess, with today's dual, quads etc., shouldn't have problems, such as; a computer deals with databases and should handle data needed, right. uh sorry, off subject, I hate both Micro$oft and Intel, since my "Home Computer" days, starting at 40, now you know how old I am. I do appreciate all you who work hard at keeping this Sim alive. I will keep plugging... and ya'all Have a Merry Christmas!

[xavierb]

More missing AA guns and machineguns for different countries: Britain, Italy, France... A must for proper mission-building.

[sc7500]

...I have not been able to find a downlloadable jeep, there was one made on a site with a bunch of other vehicles, but the jeep link did not work and he never restored it.... or a couple of other of the vehicles that were on that site. Jeeps were so ubiquitous in WWII it would be nice to have em. Not sure if there is a good standard Deuce and ahalf either. They were legion as well...

These, Chris ?

CFS2 Library Objects part_2 (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/../index.php?lloc=downloads&loc=downloads&page=info&FileID=2897)
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/index.php?lloc=downloads&loc=downloads&page=downloads&FileType=cfs2&Top=100#download

FS9 Twinwood Farm 1944 (http://www.fswarbirds.com/index.php?loc=downloads&page=info&FileUploadName=gary20&FileID=10491) with a drivable Jeep by Gary20
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/downloads/download.php?FileID=10491

and the "Can't Find It Yet" veh_willis_mb_jeep ?

SC
:kilroy: